Dan Schoen

Port, one of the women who came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against then-state Sen. Dan Schoen, recently suspended her campaign for the Legislature, and she is struggling to keep her business alive.

The contests to replace state Sen. Dan Schoen and Rep. Tony Cornish will be quick and expensive — and offer an important window into voter sentiments less than a year ahead of the state’s next major election.

Schoen, a first-term senator from St. Paul Park who previously served two terms in the House, is leaving office because the allegations against him made it impossible for him to be “effective,” his attorney said Wednesday.